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Our cars are designed to practically ride on the bump stops. The Cobb springs are "probably" manufactured by an outside company like the RCE springs are.

I don't think this is an accurate statement. No suspension is designed to work at the limit of its failure. Think of it this way:

Correct me if I'm wrong.

The suspension is designed (hypothetically) to give 8" of travel from to "reaching to the ground" articulation to its "bottomed out" limit. The design isn't going to be that the normal actuating range (small bumps and even medium bumps) is on the last 1.5" of its range wasting its 6.5" at the top.

This is why rce and other suspension guru's never drop or slam a car on oem struts and almost always move to dampeners that work within its normal ranges at a lower ride height (bilstein and Koni). This of course doesn't get into the geometry of the suspension.

This is of course, if my lecture from Myles and IAG was understood correctly.

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Originally Posted by Celery GT-5

my epic springs aren't too bad, just have to avoid large bumps

I've heard lots of love hate in these. I didn't like the bc on my lgt, love them on my Sti. I will eventually upgrade to a stiffer system once I get a dd.

I've heard lots of love hate in these. I didn't like the bc on my lgt, love them on my Sti. I will eventually upgrade to a stiffer system once I get a dd.

I've heard people don't like the handling but Idk what they expect from springs meant to work with OEM struts. I read all good things before I bought them Lol. There was also some talk of failures. Idk bc's are kind of tempting

So I have an 11 hatch and both of my mirrors have play (movement back and forth) in them. I noticed it when I was wot and went to shift out of the corner of my eye it moved back, so after parking I checked and they both have wiggle room when opened and locked. I had never noticed it before and am curious if anyone else has this or if I just never noticed until recently.

So I'm sure everyone knows (whether you admit it or not) but our cars rattle pretty bad. Has anyone done anything to try and fix it? Im thinking of dynamat on the doors to start. Has anyone tried it and if do does it help?

So I'm sure everyone knows (whether you admit it or not) but our cars rattle pretty bad. Has anyone done anything to try and fix it? Im thinking of dynamat on the doors to start. Has anyone tried it and if do does it help?

Seriously..especially in the cold. I have my bro's 03 vibe with 225k on the body and it seriously rattles less than my 21k wrx. It starts easier in the cold too.

So I'm sure everyone knows (whether you admit it or not) but our cars rattle pretty bad. Has anyone done anything to try and fix it? Im thinking of dynamat on the doors to start. Has anyone tried it and if do does it help?

So I'm sure everyone knows (whether you admit it or not) but our cars rattle pretty bad. Has anyone done anything to try and fix it? Im thinking of dynamat on the doors to start. Has anyone tried it and if do does it help?

Dynamat doesn't help with the doors except to make your speakers sound better. I found that rear rattles on the rear window deck is fixed by some felt tape where it rubs on the leather seats. Next I am going to try to pad between the rear window deck and the cheap metal underneath.

Ok finally bought an access port. Question is I bought it brand new and was wondering if I need to download a more current map or if the most current will be loaded and how do you tell? I'm in California so I get the **** gas maps. Also on cobbs website and the have 3 different maps - low waste gate, high waste gate, and normal waste gate. How do I know which one?

Run the normal one first. Switch it to either high or low depending on whether you are hitting target boost or not. any info you need about the ap should be easily found online. Cobb even has YouTube videos.